Set one:
1. What is your address and phone number? How can we contact you in case of need?
2. When will you be available for employment? (Khi nao di lam duoc?)
3. Are you interested in serving mankind, or is money is your primary motivation?
4. Tell me about yourself.
5. What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses? We have a lot of applicants for this job. Why should we appoint you?
6. What has been your most valuable experience?
7. How would you describe your personality?
8. When did you last lose your temper? Describe what happened.
9. Which is more important to you: social status or money?
10. How long do you think you would stay with us if you were appointed?
11. Why do you want to leave your present job?
12. What makes you think you’d enjoy working for us?
13. Are you an ambitious person?
14. What would you like to be doing in ten years?
15. What are you most proud of having done in your previous job?
16. What was the worst problem you have had in your previous job? And how did you solve it?
17. What was the best idea you have had in your previous job?
18. What is your worst fault and what is your best quality?
19. Don’t you think you are a little young/ old for this job?
20. Are you willing to work overtime and far away from your town?
21. What are your long-range goals?
22. Describe your previous job. What did you find rewarding about it?
23. What do you usually do in spare time?
24. What excites you about the job you are doing now, or will be doing?
25. What worries you about the job you are doing now/ will be doing?
26. Describe your ideal boss.
27. How would you rate your present /your last boss?
28. Are you creative?
29. What were your favorite subjects in school/university?
Set two:
1. What experience do you have in this type of job?
2. What salary do you expect to have working for us?
3. How did you like your last employer?
4. Are you looking for a permanent employment, or just a part-time one?
5. Why do you think you’d like to work for this company?
Set three:
1. What chances have you missed in your life?
2. What did you find interesting in today’s newspapers?
3. What do you see as the next step in your career?
4. How do you think other people would describe (think of) you?
- Your boss.
- Your subordinates.
5. What are your greatest achievements to date?
6. What was the biggest problem you had to overcome? (personal level/ work oriented)
7. You have been job hunting for a while. Why do you think you have a problem getting a job?
8. How would you convince me you are the right person for this job?
9. Why do you want to change your present job?
10. Are you sure you could do this job?
11. How prepared are you to take a lower than expected salary?
12. What was your main complaint about your previous job?
13. Why was your job made redundant? (Why did you lose your job?)
14. How did your company select for early retirement/redundancy?
15. Which comes first for you: job satisfaction or salary?
16. How often do you doubt your capabilities?
17. You were for a long time in this job, didn’t you go stale?
18. What do you do when you and your boss disagree?
19. What sort of persons do you find it difficult to work with?
20. Do you have a sense of humor?
21. What personal characteristics do you have that affect the way you work?
22. What was the most annoying aspect of your previous job?
23. How do you keep fit? (Anh giu gin suc khoe nhu the nao?)
24. What mistakes have you made in the past 1 or 2 years?
25. What was the most recent person/thing to make you very much annoyed, and why?
26. How do you behave in crisis?
27. How did you develop your management skills?
28. Have you kept pace with technical developments in your industry?
29. Tell me about your social life.
30. Would you say you are an intolerant person?
31. Would you say you are a winner in life?
32. What difficulties do you anticipate in starting a new job?
33. Do you think your age will be a problem?
34. Do you enjoy responsibilities: being in charge of people? (thich quyen: Phu trach ai day).
35. Who in your family decides the holiday location?
36. Tell me what you know about our company?
37. What sort of boss would you not like to work with?
38. Did you often take work home?
39. Do you switch off (tat den, TV) when you leave the office?
40. What can you do for us?
41. What would you like to know about our company/the job?
42. What is your ruling (main) passion?
43. Describe the worst person you ever worked for.
44. How do you think your secretary would describe you?
45. You do not appear to be technically qualified enough for the job. How would you cope?
46. Isn’t this position above/below your ability level/salary?
47. How long have you been out of work? What have you been doing meantime?
48. Can you accept criticism?
49. Are you good at report writing?
50. Did you often come under pressure in your previous job?
51. What are your views on..? (A problem of today).
52. How much do you drink/smoke?
53. Which are your favorite TV programs?
54. How good are you using the computer?